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The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

406: Justin Folk--Am I Racist?

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

4.839.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2024

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Director/Producer Justin Folk is best known for helming the 2022 hit documentary What is a Woman, starring Matt Walsh. Justin and Matt teamed up again for the follow-up, companion piece, Am I Racist? (now in theaters,) in which Matt goes on a diversity, equity, and inclusion journey and becomes a card-carrying DEI expert. Justin shares some behind-the-scenes moments from the film and discusses the state of anti-racism in America. 

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0:00.0

Hey guys, Mike Rowe here. It's the way I heard it. This episode is called Am I

0:08.8

racist? It's an honest question. I think the answer is no. But hey, I could be wrong Chuck. I could be wrong.

0:16.5

Well, you could be. I don't think you are. I mean, everybody could be and I think there are people who want to tell us that we are.

0:24.8

How would you know though?

0:26.2

I mean how would you know if another person is racist?

0:29.4

Wouldn't they have to tell you?

0:30.6

Yeah, I am.

0:32.1

Or could you look at them and somehow decide for me I think it's more

0:37.1

about actions than anything else I mean words certainly could lend themselves to

0:41.0

make you go hey you know what I think that guy might be a racist

0:43.8

because of the choice words that he used, but really, you know, it's how people treat other people.

0:49.6

But even words, even words.

0:51.8

I mean, have you ever told a racist joke? Have you ever laughed at a racist

0:55.1

joke? You know? Never, Mike. Never in my entire life. Never. Never done that, have you?

0:59.3

I never have. Well then you for sure are deeply racist.

1:03.0

My guest is Justin Folk.

1:05.0

He's produced a movie with his friend Matt Walsh called Am I Racist.

1:10.0

It is hitting theaters, well it's already in theaters now, but when I interviewed, Justin, it was not in theaters yet,

1:19.0

although you caught a sneak peak and I have seen the movie as well. There's no need to spend a lot

1:26.1

of time talking about it because we get right into it with the conversation.

1:30.0

spoiler alert. It's an important movie and I am well aware of the fact that Chuck and I and Justin are three white middle-aged men about to have a conversation about race in America. What could possibly

1:44.8

go wrong, Charlie? No, nothing at all. I mean I love the fact that you're calling

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